LiteratureThe Three Spinners There was once a girl who was idle and would not spin, and let her mother say what she would; she could not bring her…
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LiteratureThe Three Sons Of Fortune A father once called his three sons before him, and he gave to the first a cock, to the second a scythe, and to the…
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LiteratureThe Samurai And The Tea Master A samurai warrior is as spiritual as a monk. He is the ruler of his mind as much as of his body. He trains his…
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LiteratureThe Real Princess There was once a prince and he wanted a princess, but then she must be a real Princess. He traveled right around the world to…
LiteratureGold-Tree And Silver-Tree Once upon a time, there was a king who had a wife, whose name was Silver tree, and a daughter, whose name was Gold tree.…
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LiteratureJack And His Master A poor woman had three sons. The eldest and second eldest were cunning clever fellows, but they called the youngest Jack the Fool because they…
LiteratureThe Three Snake-Leaves There was once on a time a poor man, who could no longer support his only son. Then said the son, “Dear father, things go…
LiteratureThe Old House In the street, up there, was an old, a very old house it was almost three hundred years old, for that might be known by…